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Today I want to tell you about my original supervisor here at the University of Nottingham, Tom O’Loughlin. Tom is a bit of Renaissance Man in the field of theology. He has a BA in Philosophy and Medieval History from University College Dublin; a BD in Theology from St Patrick’s College; an MPhil and a PhD. Tom has done work in paleography, liturgy, ancient Irish and Welsh Christianity, Christian Origins, Patristics, Medieval Theology/Philosophy, and even works in New Testament areas from time to time.

I began working with Tom during my Master’s for which he graciously agreed to serve as second supervisor/examiner. I then came to Nottingham to work on grace in Columbanus with Tom. However, my interests shifted over the course of my first year and I moved from historical to systematic theology. Nevertheless, Tom was an excellent supervisor during the time he and I worked together.

Tom teaches several different classes here at Nottingham, particularly on subjects like the Eucharist and discipleship in the early Church. This upcoming academic year, Tom and Simon Oliver will be co-teaching a course on Medieval Christian Mysticism.

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 2013. ‘Reactions to the Didache in early twentieth-century Britain: a dispute over the relationship of history and doctrine?’. In: F. KNIGHT, ed., Festschrift for Prof. Keith Robbins (In Press.)

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 2012. ‘Jerome’s De uiris illustribus and Latin Perceptions of the New Testament’s Canon’. In: J.E. RUTHERFORD and D. WOODS, eds., The Mystery of Christ in the Fathers of the Church: Essays in Honour of D. Vincent Twomey SVD Four Courts Press, Dublin. 55-65

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 2010. ‘St Augustine’s view of the place of the Holy Spirit in the formation of the gospels’. In: D.V. TWOMEY and J. RUTHERFORD, eds., The Holy Spirit in the Fathers of the Church Four Courts Press. 86-95

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 2010. ‘Salvation and the liturgy: some examples from early Christian Ireland’. In: D.V. TWOMEY and D. KRAUSMÜLLER, eds., Salvation according to the Fathers of the Church Four Courts Press. 123-142

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 2008. The Biblical Text of the Book of Deer (C.U.L. Ii.6.32): Evidence for the Remains of a Division System from its Manuscript Ancestry. In: FORSYTH, K., ed., Studies on The Book of Deer Dublin: Four Courts Press.3-31

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 2002. Imagery of the New Jerusalem in the Periphyseon and Eriugena’s Irish Background. In:MCEVOY, J. and DUNNE, M., eds., History and Eschatology in John Scottus Eriugena and His Time Leuven: Leuven University Press. 245-259

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 2002. Muirchú’s theology of conversion in his Vita Patricii. In: ATHERTON, M., ed., Celts and Christians: New Approaches to the Religious Traditions of Britain and Ireland Cardiff: University of Wales Press. 124-45

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 2001. ‘Monasteries and manuscripts: the transmission of Latin learning in early medieval Ireland’.In: H. MORGAN, ed., Information, Media and Power through the Ages University College Dublin Press, Dublin. 46-64

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 1999. ‘Tradition and Exegesis in the Eighth Century: The Use of Patristic Sources in Early Medieval Scriptural Commentaries’. In: O’LOUGHLIN, T., ed., The Scriptures and Early Medieval Ireland: Proceedings of the 1993 Conference of the Society for Hiberno-Latin Studies on Early Irish Exegesis and Homilectics Brepols, Turnhout.217-239

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 1999. ‘An Early Thirteenth-Century Map in Dublin: A Window into the World of Giraldus Cambrensis’ Imago Mundi. 51, 24-39

O’LOUGHLIN, T., ed., 1999. The Scriptures and Early Medieval Ireland: Proceedings of the 1993 Conference of the Society for Hiberno-Latin Studies on Early Irish Exegesis and Homilectics Brepols, Turnhout.

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 1997. ‘Isidore’s Use of Gregory the Great in the Exegesis of Genesis’ Revue Bénédictine. 107, 263-269

O’LOUGHLIN, T., 1997. ‘Living in the Ocean: the significance of the patristic understanding of oceanus for writings from Iona’. In: C. BOURKE, ed., Studies in the Cult of Saint Columba Four Courts Press, Dublin. 11-23